United Nations World Food Programme Procurement Associate (Food) Jobs in Uganda
United Nations World Food Programme Procurement Associate (Food) Jobs in Uganda
About WFP United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year.
Brief description of WFP in Uganda
WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies and work with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. WFP provides life-saving food assistance and livelihood opportunities to refugees in Uganda. In addition, WFP assists the most vulnerable people in Karamoja with food and nutrition assistance. Finally, WFP works with smallholder farmers and links them to markets.
Are You Up to the Challenge?
We are seeking a qualified individual for the position of Food Procurement Associate, SC6 to be based in Kampala. The selected candidate will be employed on Service Contract
Organizational Context
Towards the over-arching goal of Zero Hunger, the UN World Food Programme in Uganda is implementing a new local and regional procurement policy to scale up evidence-based purchases from smallholder farmers. WFP’s local and regional food procurement provides a foreseeable demand to the markets to which smallholders are connected.
WFP is applying a mixture of procurement modalities such as scaling up indirect purchases from smallholder farmers by using indirect contracts (mandate or conditional) in addition to direct purchases from smallholders.
Job Purpose
Procurement Associate (Food Commodities) will work under the direct supervision of the Head of Procurement or his/her designate at the Kampala Country Office. He/she will collect, analyse and report on the implementation of the local and regional procurement policy and maximize the efficiency of procurement operations and activities.
Key Accountabilities
Lead the implementation of the regional and local food procurement policy at the Uganda Country Office while demonstrating the highest level of personal integrity and professionalism, strict compliance to WFP’s policies and procedures.
Collect and analyze market intelligence information, be on top of the regional or local market trends, monitoring of the changes in harvest seasons, climatic patterns affecting crop harvests in the country (Uganda).
Act as focal point with the national agro market stakeholders (e.g., farmer organisations), actively participate in forums and contribute to the development procurement plans, policies on grain trade, country reserve and others.
Support procurement programs and operational activities (e.g., issue tenders, evaluate offers and negotiate/award contracts), following standard procedures and contributing to successful procurement of food.
Contribute to analysis of data to provide recommendations for process improvement.
Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reports of procurement activities, to contribute to WFP wide view that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders, leading to performance optimization.
Support auditing of procurement activities by collating the necessary information for recommendations to be responded to appropriately to ensure conformity with compliance rules.
Work in close collaborations with internal counterparts (AMS) to align direct and indirect procurement modalities with wider programmes objectives and ensure coherent approach to meeting food assistance needs.
Support the training of WFP staff to take a strategic and proactive approach to the procurement of food, for example, designing and reviewing training materials for smallholders.
Collaborate with programs to ensure targeting and participation of supported smallholders in the regional and local food procurement modalities (e.g., indirect contract modalities).
Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education: The ideal
candidate for Procurement Associate job placement should hold first degree or more in food science and technology, Agricultural science, procurement, economics, commerce, business administration or other relevant field. Additional and related professional qualifications and experience will be an added advantage
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station.
Desired Experiences for Entry Into the Role:
At least five (5) or more years of progressive work in procurement, particularly in food procurement, out grower aggregation or schemes, with experience in coordinating procurement activities in larger operations gained from reputable organisations.
Experience in managing the physical purchases of commodities/products/services in complex situation.
Experience developing procurement plans, with timelines and cost reports for suppliers (e.g., retailers, wholesalers, and traders).
Demonstrated experience coordinating procurement process with other units/teams
Good working knowledge and skills in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Power point.
General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations, and procurement procedures is desirable.
Other Specific Job Requirements
Has worked with technical teams (i.e., smallholder engagement, out grower scheme procurement).
Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.
Ability to collect and summarize programme data, including information on the status of personas engaged, beneficiaries planned and reached for all procurement modalities.
Ability to gather, organise, and provide data on procurement outputs, processes, and outcomes.
4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose
Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.
People
Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.
Performance
Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.
Partnership
Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; United Nations World Food Programme Procurement Associate (Food) Jobs in Uganda
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